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Netik eyes buy side with Asset Manager launch

Netik, the New York-based provider of data warehouse technology and services, has unveiled Netik Asset Manager, an off-the-shelf application designed to sit on top of its Netik InterView data warehouse.

Portware's buy-side strategy

The algorithmic trading phenomenon is showing no sign of slowing down across the buy side with firms looking to automate their trading activities in new asset classes. Portware is one of a number of technology providers serving this market, highlighting…

Trust me, I'm a vendor

EdgeTrade celebrates its tenth birthday this year at a time when there has never been greater demand for sophisticated trading algorithms across the buy side. Victor Anderson outlines the firm's philosophy, its strict client confidentially culture and…

Communication is the key

The challenges facing the financial services industry in confirming and settling over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts – specifically credit derivatives – came to a head at the end of last year when the Federal Reserve and 14 dealers unveiled the…

Forging ahead to the buy side

Since it was founded by a group of university friends in the late Eighties, Anvil Software has garnered a strong following on the sell side. But its buy-side success has been somewhat more modest – until recently, that is, when the firm took the…

X_Trader leads the world

Trading Technologies' roots can be traced back to Frankfurt in the mid-1990s – an era characterised by the emergence of new technologies that formed the backbone of electronic trading as we know it today. Since then, the firm has relocated and grown into…